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Why should you write a letter to the editor? When should you write a letter to the editor? Should you use e-mail to fax or to send your letter? How do you write a letter to the editor? Write an Opinion Piece or a Letter to the Editor for Your Local Newspaper. Letters to the editor and opinion pieces are very powerful advocacy tools.

Write an Opinion Piece or a Letter to the Editor for Your Local Newspaper

The editorial section of a newspaper is widely read by the public and is monitored by elected officials. In a letter to the editor or opinion piece, you can bring up information not addressed in a news article, and can create the impression of widespread support or opposition to an issue. When you write a letter to the editor, be sure to do the following. Adhere to word count requirements. This information can usually be found, online and in print, on the same page as the letters that are published. Isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic1387495.files/Verb Tense for Analysis of Literature and History. Multiple Same Source Citations in the same Paragraph in MLA format? - Writers Stack Exchange. I'm writing a paper for a Political Science class.

Multiple Same Source Citations in the same Paragraph in MLA format? - Writers Stack Exchange

We are allowed to use "any standard citation format", so I've decided to use MLA. My university, the University of Florida, encourages students to use Purdue OWL as a source to find guidelines on MLA. My question regards in-text parenthetical citations. MLA Formatting and Style Guide. Coming Soon: A new look for our same great content!

MLA Formatting and Style Guide

We're working hard this summer on a redesign of the Purdue OWL. Worry not! Our navigation menu and content will remain largely the same. Summary: MLA (Modern Language Association) style is most commonly used to write papers and cite sources within the liberal arts and humanities. Contributors: Tony Russell, Allen Brizee, Elizabeth Angeli, Russell Keck, Joshua M. The following overview should help you better understand how to cite sources using MLA eighth edition, including the list of works cited and in-text citations. Establishing Arguments. Summary: These OWL resources will help you develop and refine the arguments in your writing.

Establishing Arguments

Contributors:Stacy Weida, Karl StolleyLast Edited: 2013-11-23 08:15:41 The thesis statement or main claim must be debatable. Thesis Statements - The Writing Center. What this handout is about This handout describes what a thesis statement is, how thesis statements work in your writing, and how you can discover or refine one for your draft.

Thesis Statements - The Writing Center

Introduction Writing in college often takes the form of persuasion—convincing others that you have an interesting, logical point of view on the subject you are studying. Definition of Plagiarism: How to Recognize Plagiarism, School of Education, Indiana University at Bloomington. Definition of Plagiarism The Indiana University Code of Student Rights, Responsibilities, and Conduct (2005) indicates that students may be disciplined for several different kinds of academic misconduct.

Definition of Plagiarism: How to Recognize Plagiarism, School of Education, Indiana University at Bloomington

These include cheating, fabrication, plagiarism, interference, and violation of course rules. In particular the code states: 3. Plagiarism. 1. Understanding Plagiarism: School of Education, Indiana University at Bloomington. Skip navigation Education Home Understanding Plagiarism We now have two resources for learning about plagiarism: The Indiana University Definition Overview: when and how to give credit; recommendations; decision flowchart Plagiarism Cases: links to Web sites describing real plagiarism cases Examples: word-for-word and paraphrasing plagiarism -- 5 examples each Practice with feedback: identifying plagiarism -- 10 items Test & Certificate: if you pass the test, you can print the web page which displays your confirmation certificate Resources: Web sites, books, dictionary links, references.

Understanding Plagiarism: School of Education, Indiana University at Bloomington

Google Drive & the Paperless Research Essay! Even though I am “techy,” I always espouse that it’s never technology all the time.

Google Drive & the Paperless Research Essay!

In fact, my classroom is always a hybrid environment. As such, my students write traditional, robust research essays every year. This assignment requires that they engage in sophisticated academic research, build a thesis, and then structure an academic argument. For many of my students (I currently teach 10th grade US History), this is the first research and argumentative essay that they have written.

Definition of Plagiarism: How to Recognize Plagiarism, School of Education, Indiana University at Bloomington. Faculty.catawba.edu/jmbitzer/War/TextAnnotation.pdf. What is Rhetoric? Though Defiant, Senator Accused of Plagiarism Admits Errors. Zotero. The Glyfada Method. Commonsense Composition.

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Grammar. Poetry. 30 Indispensable Writing Tips From Famous Authors. Slash: Not Just a Punctuation Mark Anymore - Lingua Franca. In the undergraduate history of English course I am teaching this term, I request/require that the students teach me two new slang words every day before I begin class.

Slash: Not Just a Punctuation Mark Anymore - Lingua Franca

I learn some great words this way (e.g., hangry “cranky or angry due to feeling hungry”; adorkable “adorable in a dorky way”). More importantly, the activity reinforces for students a key message of the course: that the history of English is happening all around us (and that slang is humans’ linguistic creativity at work, not linguistic corruption). Two weeks ago, one student brought up the word slash as an example of new slang, and it quickly became clear to me that many students are using slash in ways unfamiliar to me.